Publications

*Citations of my publications are available at Google Scholar.

Refereed Journals

[1] Toward robust quantification of dopamine and serotonin in mixtures using nano-graphitic carbon sensors (2024). with M. Jamalzadeh, E. Cuniberto, Z. Huang, R. Feeley, J. Patel, M. Rice, and D. Shahrjerdi, Analyst, Volume: 149, Pages: 2351-2362

[2] Multi-product dynamic pricing (and ranking) with limited inventories under a cascade demand model (2023), with I. Duenyas, S. Jasin, and S. Najafi, M&SOM, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 554-572

[3] Technical Note--Data-Driven Newsvendor Problem: Performance of the Sample Approximation Approach (2022), with M. Lin, T. Huh, H. Krishnan, Operations Research, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: iii-vii

[4] Data-driven pricing for a new product (2022), with H.-S. Ahn and M. Zhang, Operations Research, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 847-866

[5] Joint product framing (display, ranking, pricing) and order fulfillment under the MNL model for e-commerce retailers (2022), with Y. Lei, S. Jasin and A. Vakhutinsky, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 1261-1885 

[6] A model for pre-positioning emergency relief items before a typhoon with an uncertain trajectory (2021), solo authored, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 766-790

[7] Distribution-free inventory risk pooling in a multi-location newsvendor (2021), with A. Govindarajan and A. Sinha, Management Science, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages 2272-2291

• • Second Place in the 2019 Best Student Paper competition by POM College of Supply Chain Management (PhD student: A. Govindarajan)

  • Finalist in the 2019 Best Student Paper competition by POMS-HK (PhD student: A. Govindarajan)

[8] Joint Inventory and Fulfillment Decisions for Omnichannel Retail Networks (2021), with A. Govindarajan and A. Sinha, Naval Research Logistics (Special issue on Analytics and Operations of Online Retailing), Volume: 68, Issue: 6, Pages 779-794

[9] Dynamic pricing of omnichannel inventories (2019), with P. Harsha and S. Subramanian, M&SOM (Special Section: First M&SOM Practice-Based Research Competition), Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages 47-65

• Winner of the 2017 Revenue Management Practice Prize

• Honorable mention in the MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition

[10] Asymmetry and ambiguity in the newsvendor model (2018), with K. Natarajan and M. Sim, Management Science, Volume: 64, Issue: 7, Pages 3146–3167; Published online on June 27, 2017

[11] The data-driven newsvendor problem: new bounds and insights (2015), with R. Levi and G. Perakis, Operations Research, Volume: 63, Issue: 6, Pages 1294-1306

• • Finalist for the Best Operations Management paper in the journal Operations Research

[12] Business analytics for flexible resource allocation under random emergencies (2014), with G. Perakis and industry collaborators M. Angalakudati, S. Balwani, J. Calzada, B. Chatterjee, and N. Raad, Management Science, Volume: 60, Issue: 6, Pages 1552-1573

• First place in the 2012 INFORMS Service Science Section's Student Best Paper Award

[13] Tractable robust expected utility and risk models for portfolio optimization (2010), with K. Natarajan and M. Sim, Mathematical Finance, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages 695-731

Submitted or Under Revision

[14] Assortment and Price Optimization Under a Multi-Attribute (Contextual) Choice Model (2023), with S. Najafi, S. Jasin, and J. Zhao, Invited for a major revision (first round) at Operations Research

[15] Workforce Configuration in Charity Settings: A Forward-Looking Approach (2023), with C. Wu and M. Eftekhar, Under review (second round) at M&SOM

[16] Assortment and Inventory Planning Under Dynamic Substitution with MNL Model: Structural Results and a Near-Optimal Heuristic (2022), with J. Liang and S. Jasin, Invited for a major revision (second round) at Operations Research

[17] Asymptotically Optimal Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Stochastic Purchase Returns (2021), with J. Liang and S. Jasin, Invited for major revision (first round) at Mathematics of Operations Research

• Winner of 2022 EURO Working Group for Pricing and Revenue Management Student Video Award

• Second place in the 2022 Best Student Paper competition by POMS-HK (PhD student: Jiaxin Liang)

• Selected for the 2023 MSOM Supply Chain Management SIG

[18] Certainty-equivalent pricing with dependent demand and limited price-changing opportunities (2021), with H.-S. Ahn, C. Ryan and M. Zhang, Invited for a major revision (first round) at Mathematics of Operations Research

• Selected as a Spotlight presentation at the 2019 Revenue Management and Pricing Conference

Work In Progress

[19] Valuing influence (2023), with H.-S. Ahn, C. Ryan, and M. Zhang

[20] The Interplay Between Information Solicitation and Product Innovation: A Dynamic Solution, with H. Wen and I. Duenyas

[21] Estimating the High-dimensional Correlation Structure of Transportation Demands for Robust Service Network Design (2023), with A. Sinha

Conference Papers

[22] Pre-disaster decision support system for typhoon relief operations in the Philippines (2015), with R. Reyes, J. A. Faeldon, V. Reventar, M. R. J. Estuar, M. de Leon, A. A. Gavino, A. M. Lee, and D. D. Domingo, To appear in The 8th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM)

Theses

[1] Data-driven optimization and analytics for operations management applications (Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013), Supervised by Georgia Perakis and Retsef Levi

[2] Data-driven revenue management (S.M. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007), Supervised by Georgia Perakis and Retsef Levi

[3] Ambiguous risk measures and piecewise linear utility models in portfolio management (S.M. Thesis, National University of Singapore, 2008), Supervised by Karthik Natarajan and Melvyn Sim